*+Create+an+online+Slideshow

= = =Create an online Slideshow using Creative Commons photos and Slider=

In Photosharing and Tagging we looked at finding photos online at Flicker. You can use these images, and any others you choose to upload, to create a range of useful slideshow the you can use iin the classroom. Most of these slideshow tools easy to work with. (The are also a growing list of online sites were you can edit and manipulate your photos. I'll provide a list of some of them at the bottom of this page).

In order to place a slideshow you will first need to create your slideshow at an online slideshow site. I use Slider although there are others. You will first need to set up a Slide account, [].


 * Embedding slideshows into my wikispace:**
 * Login to your wiki space and go the page you would like to put the slideshow into.
 * Click on edit this page.
 * Place the cursor where you'd like the slideshow to show, and then click the little blue TV screen icon that is in the Editor bar.
 * This opens the widget menu (like the one below)
 * Select the bottom one, "Other HTML".
 * This will then give you the following instructions:
 * 1) //Go to your favorite video clip, podcast, or embedded application. Anything from **Google Calendar** to **Odeo** to **YouTube**!//
 * 2) //Find the HTML code to paste into your site. This will be found in a text box labeled "Embed", "Embed HTML", "Add to My Site/Blog", "Link to this page", or similar.//
 * 3) //Paste in the HTML below and click "Preview" to see how it will look. When you save your changes by clicking the "Save" button, your media clip or application will appear in your Wikispaces page.//
 * This will take you back to your wiki Editor page. You should now click "Save" for that page as well.
 * Your page is now ready to run with your slideshow in place.

=Sites you can use for creating slide shows are:= (For a more detailed version of this list go to http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools)
 * [] Lets you import photos from many sources. It has a good library of templates, backgrounds, effects. while you can add music from a library you cannot add your own audio.
 * [] Flickr's slide show interface lets you directly embed a slideshow created from a set, group, or user in flickr. Doesn't allow audio.
 * [] Create a slideshow from uploaded images or clip art library. Also allows you to record 30 second audio/video captions for each image and overlay comic bubbles with text.
 * [] Google's free site for storing and sharing photo serves a similar service as flickr, but it also offers the ability to create slideshows with captions, and to associate images with a location on a map.

Online Photo Editors:
This list comes from []
 * [|Fauxto] – Advanced online photo editor with an interface similar to Photoshop’s
 * [|XmgImg]- Image hosting service that provides an interface for users to manage, edit, and share their images online.
 * [|OnlinePhotoTool] – Edit pictures taken from your hard drive as well as images that are already on the Internet.
 * [|MyImager] – Upload images from your computer and from anywhere on the web and edit them freely with the dozens of tools and filters available.
 * [|SnipShot] – Edit photos from your hard-drive, your Webshots account, or your Flickr account in one place, and then save them back to any of those locations.
 * [|Pixenate] – Online photo editor with many special effects. You can also integrate Pixenate on your website and allow visitors to edit images.
 * [|Phixr] – Edit your pictures and directly upload them to Flickr, Fotopic, Livejournal, Photobucket, Fotolog.com, Buzznet and Dropshots.
 * [|Pixer.us] – Edit your photos online within your browser, add special effects and save them in the most popular formats.
 * [|Picture2Life] – Edit pictures available on the Internet or taken from your hard disk. You can also import images from popular photo sharing sites.
 * [|Cellsea] – Upload pictures from your PC or from an URL. It provides over 15 ways to correct color, exposure, and lighting problems.
 * [|Preloadr] – Photo editor with good image manipulation functions that is connected with your Flickr account.
 * [|Picnik] – Photo editor with many interesting features which is directly connected to many photo sharing sites.
 * [|Pixelmator] – Pixelmator is a photo editing service for Mac users. There are selection tools, paintbrushes of various size and shape, retouching tools, layering and much more. You can enhance photos, analyze colors, add text, create stylized scenes with halftones and image blurring.